Usage

This template is generally reserved for convicted serial killers, gangsters, mass murderers, old west outlaws, murderers, mafia members, fugitives, FBI 10 Most Wanted, serial rapists, mobsters, and other notorious criminals. It is also appropriately used in Nolle prosequi cases of perpetrators dying during the commission of the act or shortly thereafter, common in a suicide attack or murder–suicide. Infobox criminal is rarely used where notability is not due primarily to the person being a convicted criminal.

A link to the trial, such as Mafia Commission Trial. However, should be given as plaintext {{e.g. |trial=Mafia Commission Trial

trial_start

The start date of the trial.

trial_end

The end date of the trial.

reward_amount

Amount of money that an agency such as a government offers(/offered?) for information leading to the criminal's capture

capture_status

Current status (e.g., Fugitive, Arrested, Killed)

wanted_by

(e.g., DEA, Scotland Yard, Interpol, etc.)

partners

Other prominent criminal partners of this criminal

wanted_since

Year when criminal became wanted

time_at_large

(calculated? if wanted_since given)

predecessor

Name of the person from whom the criminal took a criminal post, if any; useful for cases of criminals belonging to a mafia family or to a drug cartel etc when the criminal took over the organization after the head of a crime family or cartel was eliminated

successor

Name of the person who took over after this criminal was assassinated; useful as per predecessor above

escape

Date/s when criminal escaped from custody

escape_end

Date/s when criminal was captured after escaping custody

occupation

Occupation of the criminal

residence

Location of the criminal (Name of the prison, if incarcerated; otherwise, the city, state, country where the criminal is known to be)

comments

Free-text field for any unique information that won't fit into any existing field

spouse

Name of spouse. Leave blank if none or if they are not relevant to the crime/s committed or are not themselves notable

parents

Names of parents. Leave blank if as above (spouse).

children

Names of children. Leave blank if as above (spouse, parents).

apprehended

Four-digit year of apprehension

imprisoned

Location of incarceration (town or institution), and optionally, four-digit year of incarceration

footnotes

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Common name of person (defaults to article name if left blank; provide birth_name (below) if different from name). If middle initials are specified (or implied) by the lead of the article, and are not specified separately in the birth_name field, include them here.

Unknown

optional

Honorific suffix

honorific_suffix

To appear on the line below the person's name

Unknown

optional

Native name

native_name

The person's name in their own language, if different.

Unknown

optional

Native name language

native_name_lang

ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use Template:lang in `native_name` instead.

Unknown

optional

Image

imageimage_name

no description

Unknown

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Image_size

image_sizeimage sizeimagesize

no description

Unknown

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Image_upright

image_upright

no description

Unknown

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Alt

altimage_alt

no description

Unknown

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Caption

captionimage_captionimage caption

no description

Unknown

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Birth name

birth_namebirthname

Name at birth; only use if different from name.

Unknown

optional

Birth date

birth_date

Date of birth: {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. If only a year of birth is known, or age as of a certain date, consider using Template:birth year and age or Template:birth based on age as of date.

Unknown

optional

Birth place

birth_place

Place of birth: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Use the name of the birthplace at the time of birth, e.g.: Saigon (prior to 1976), Ho Chi Minh City (post 1976). Do not use a flag template.

(For missing people) Place of disappearance: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Do not use a flag template.

Unknown

optional

Disappeared status

disappeared_statusstatus

(For missing people) Current status for the person, e.g., if the person is still regarded as missing (using Template:missing for to calculate the time since disappearance), or if the person has been declared dead in absentia, with a date for such a ruling.

Unknown

optional

Death date

death_date

Date of death: {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (if birth date is known) or Template:death date (if birth date unknown). See Template:Death date/doc for details on usage. If exact dates are unknown, consider using Template:death year and age.

Unknown

optional

Death_place

death_place

no description

Unknown

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Death_cause

death_causedeath causecause

no description

Unknown

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Body_discovered

body_discoveredbody discovered

no description

Unknown

optional

Resting_place

resting_placeresting placerestingplace

no description

Unknown

optional

Resting place

resting place

no description

Unknown

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Resting_place_coordinates

resting_place_coordinatesresting place coordinatesrestingplacecoordinates